Terminator
YET ANOTHER awesome Sega Genesis game I probably wouldn't have played if it wasn't for my uncle, the Virgin Games adaptation of the movie The Terminator.
Having never seen the first Terminator movie at the time, the whole thing was a little bit confusing, even with my uncle explaining most of what was going on. Having only ever seen Terminator 2 it was a little weird controlling Kyle Reese instead of the T-800 and of course, now having the T-800's chasing you around. Sometimes in droves, although, turns out that wasn't referencing any of the film's content but rather the only way to make the game any kind of challenge since fighting only one Terminator through the entire game would be kinda boring.
Being a product of Virgin Games I should have expected that Dave Perry would have had something to do with this. Apparently Dave (Of Earthworm Jim, Cool Spot and Aladdin fame to name a few.) programmed the game engine for this particular game. Though it may not be his most crowning achievement, it was a pretty solid game at the time and it sure beats out the versions that were put out on other consoles which from what I heard were pretty broken. The animations were pretty slick and the intro level where you fight your way to the time machine that sends you into the past featured some neat sequences. This includes a decent battle with one of the larger Skynet robotic tanks.
The Terminator featured a pretty decent score, right from the opening sequence which emulated the original movie titles. Composed by Matt Furniss, it hits all the right notes and certainly maintains the feel of a classic 80's sci-fi movie. Matt also scored the Alien 3 game for the Genesis which sounds notably familiar, as well as a very extensive list of games through the 90's including Cool Spot, Alone in the Dark and Battletoads. I always remember thinking there was not much cooler than the moody title sequence from this game. That and how Kyle Reese spends most of the game with his shotgun hidden inside his coat, pulling it out only to shoot. Except that I always mistook it for a bathrobe.
I don't remember this game being very long. I think there was about 4 levels. The intro sequence in the future, a level in the Tech Noir club where you first meet Sarah Conor, a level where you are breaking out of jail and a final level where you defeat the Terminator once and for all in the steel mill. That steel mill was super tough. You had to eventually lure the T-800 into the press and crush him. Even though there were dozens of them littered about, I guess killing one did the trick. I'm pretty sure I remember doing this, so I must have beat this game as a kid. One of the few at the time, that's for sure.
YET ANOTHER awesome Sega Genesis game I probably wouldn't have played if it wasn't for my uncle, the Virgin Games adaptation of the movie The Terminator. Having never seen the first Terminator movie at the time, the whole thing was a little bit confusing, even with my uncle explaining most of what was going on. Having only ever seen Terminator 2 it was a little weird controlling Kyle Reese instead of the T-800 and of course, now having the T-800's chasing you around. Sometimes in droves, although, turns out that wasn't referencing any of the film's content but rather the only way to make the game any kind of challenge since fighting only one Terminator through the entire game would be kinda boring.
Being a product of Virgin Games I should have expected that Dave Perry would have had something to do with this. Apparently Dave (Of Earthworm Jim, Cool Spot and Aladdin fame to name a few.) programmed the game engine for this particular game. Though it may not be his most crowning achievement, it was a pretty solid game at the time and it sure beats out the versions that were put out on other consoles which from what I heard were pretty broken. The animations were pretty slick and the intro level where you fight your way to the time machine that sends you into the past featured some neat sequences. This includes a decent battle with one of the larger Skynet robotic tanks. The Terminator featured a pretty decent score, right from the opening sequence which emulated the original movie titles. Composed by Matt Furniss, it hits all the right notes and certainly maintains the feel of a classic 80's sci-fi movie. Matt also scored the Alien 3 game for the Genesis which sounds notably familiar, as well as a very extensive list of games through the 90's including Cool Spot, Alone in the Dark and Battletoads. I always remember thinking there was not much cooler than the moody title sequence from this game. That and how Kyle Reese spends most of the game with his shotgun hidden inside his coat, pulling it out only to shoot. Except that I always mistook it for a bathrobe. I don't remember this game being very long. I think there was about 4 levels. The intro sequence in the future, a level in the Tech Noir club where you first meet Sarah Conor, a level where you are breaking out of jail and a final level where you defeat the Terminator once and for all in the steel mill. That steel mill was super tough. You had to eventually lure the T-800 into the press and crush him. Even though there were dozens of them littered about, I guess killing one did the trick. I'm pretty sure I remember doing this, so I must have beat this game as a kid. One of the few at the time, that's for sure.
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